Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-18
DAILY HERALD.
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
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EDrr0R HERALD There is one thing
which San Francisco may well be proud
pf: Golden Gate park is one of the finest
places Of public resort any city in the
land can boast of. 1t is of immense ex-
tsat, and is being improved in very
Artistic manner. Already there are
miles Of broad, level drives and more
miles Of beautiful paths for pedestrians
on the property. The Lick conservato-
ries are at this time center OF great at
traction in the park. There are now in
bloom beneath the glass hundreds OF the
most beautiful orchids, great beds OF
chime, arias, azalias, camelias and oego'
MAS. These flowers are all of the rarest
species and are most resplendent in their
wealth Of blossoms. Saturday and Sun
day afternoons, when the Market-street
system of cable roads provides band Of
nearly half q hundred pieces to discourse
some dozen morceaux of really choice
music, the whole area around the grand
stand is filed with people. The drives
are thronged also with every imaginable
style Of vehicle. Literally thousands of
people of all classes visit this beautiful
resort and hear the sweet strains of mu-
sic Just now the acacia negra and
the acacia Tonga folia suaveoleus are a
mass of flowers. The former bears q
long raceme of flowers of delicate pink
hue, and the other blooms in short cat.
kins, like the brook willow, but the
flowers are of the brightest golden color.
The walks and drives are edged with d
great profusion of these. The effect is
very gay. Many varieties of heath and
several specimens of the broom are in
bloom. The latter is very respondent
iu its yellow blooms, somewhat like
those of the
"LAburnum dropping wells of Ere"
As TenRyson sweetly sings.
What boon, indeed, it is to the deni.
xens of great city to have such place
where they may come free and enjoy all
its delights. Nor is the mere pleasure
of the eye all that is to be considered in
such matter. Such collections of trees
are we'll called the lungs of a great city.
There is health as well as pleasure to be
obtained from a visit TO Golden Gate
Park. From all parts of San Francisco
this spot can be reached at cost of not
more than a ''nickel" to come, and as
much to return. Thousands who live
A. ID hara hax
throDg. Old, young and middle. aged min
gle together, and while the small retailer,
the artisan or the laborer walk along the
paths, the nabob and the millionaire
drive around the roadways. The aspect
Of the whole people is one Of unalloyed
pleasure. Los Angeles could not do
better than to get to work and improve
her park. The property set apart for
this use is ample and lies most favorable
for artistic Improvement. Most pictur.
esque points are found there. This city
In about to increase q hundred fold her
outlay in Golden Gate Park. The
heaviest taxpayers in the city favor such
sction, and they are wisely far.seeing in
this.
THE GOVERNORS vEToEs.
Reference to this law for levying tax
for the improvement of park recalls
the Legislature and its work. Your
Sacramento correspondent has kept the
readers of the HERALD fully informed
ON all that was there done. But there is
. cognate matter to which may be al.
lowed to refer briefly. l refer to the
way in which the Governors vetoes are
looked upon in this community. The
view taken is very generally very
favorable one, and the comments heard
on the streets at every turn are most
to Mr.. Bartlett. Here
the greatest interest centered in the
s'Stamp act," Which ia now almost as
famous AZ that which led in part to the
American revolution. San Francisco is
the fifth inimportance among the centers
of manufacturing among the cities
Of our Union. Tns proposed law was
one whose effects here would have been
marked. That it passed the Legislature
without its disastrous aspects being dis.
covered is admitted here by nearly all
who speak of it. That its effects would
have been generally in the nature of a
great hardship, all contend. Manufac.
turers think the law would have been
ruinous to them. at the same time,
while intended we'll, to hit the Chinese
cheap labor enterprises, it was far wide
of its mark, as it would not have accom-.
plished any thing in that direction. With
these propositions held here generally as
automatic, it is easy to see that the Gov
ernor has done most popular thing in
vetoing the law, odious as it was to so
many people. It is regarded as a thing
entirely without political significance,
and men of all party allegiances applaud
the action of the Executi tive.
THE PLAYHoUsEs.
The Carletons are doing great busi'
ness al the Bush. They return to Los
Angeles, opening there in their re.en.
gagement on the 4th proximo. At that
time they sing Fra Diayolo. Mr.. VIM.
Carleton will sing the score as written
by the author, Auber, for French bari.
tone. whose voice was of that high reg.
ister and resonant character, like Carle.
tons. The score is always transposed
to suit voices of lower register and less
power than his.
A1uWih D0OtA 10 uohuB SiOdb DuslueSS
at the Baldwin. Each performance every
seat is occupied. and the standing room
in the house filled. Last night the play was
OGhelio. with Mr.. Booth as ''Iago." The
HERALD struck just and popular keynote
in its criticism OF this play with the same
cast as that of last night, when the great
interpreter of the Bard of Avon was in
your city. Mr.. Barrows' 'Othello" is
beneath patient criticism. To one who
saw John Mccullough play the part of
the "Moor" this one is intolerable.
BY the way, the topmost gallery last
night "caught onto" his extra VACANT
rsnting, and insisted on his coming to
the front. whereupon portion of the
sjudicious" below stairs vented
their feelings in undisguised Kisses.
We shall all look forward with
great interest to next winter, when Mr..
Booth and Mr.. Barrett will star it